Alison Columbus

Program Manager, Leadership & Professional Development, Apr 2019 - Dec 2023

• Advises organizational leaders on learning and development best practices and thoughtful solutions to meet business needs and objectives.
• Conducts needs assessments and stakeholder analyses to determine gaps in employee knowledge, skills, and mindsets.
• Researches, adopts, and stays current with development techniques, approaches, and assessment tools.
• Develops, designs, delivers, and evaluates programs using learning and development methodology.
• Measures effectiveness of programs, interprets, and presents results and recommendations to leaders.
• Facilitates leadership and professional development programs, as well as individual leadership and career coaching, both in person and virtually.
• Oversees leadership and professional development strategies and portfolios, which includes managing annual budget, managing vendor relationships, creating marketing materials, and communicating and presenting offerings enterprise-wide.
• Active Culture Champion who increases engagement through development, inclusion and belonging, and curiosity.
• Experienced guest speaker and facilitator at a variety of organizational events.

Training Coordinator, Jun 2012 - Sept 2016

• Partnered with business areas to overcome challenges through innovative, industry leading learning solutions.
• Leveraged the ADDIE model to provide enterprise-wide leadership and professional development programs programs and resources.
• Managed $1.5 million annual budget and vendor relationships, purchases, and negotiate contracts.
• Oversaw and enhanced Tuition Reimbursement program, policy, and processes.
• Planned and coordinated large, formal, high-visibility events.
• Administered Learning Management Systems to ensure and provide accurate data.
• Organized training/grant funding initiatives throughout the country.
• Supported functional training initiatives in a variety of business areas; finance, maintenance, rental, sales, and logistics.
• Interviewed, selected, and led temporary associates and summer interns.

• Billing Coordinator experience from Jul 2010 - Jun 2012
• Customer Service Associate experience from May 2007 - Jun 2010